Paul

Joseph

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Bio

2017 Outdoor: Competed at eight events…placed 2nd in the 400m (49.89) at the Maryland Invitational (3/18)…took 6th in the 400h (54.50) during the UNF Spring Break Invitational (3/24)…member of the 2nd place 4x400m relay team (3:12.73) and finished 3rd in the 400h (55.71) at the Virginia Quad (4/8)…finished 19th (49.65) in the 400m at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/21-22)…was a member of the 4x400m relay team that finished with the fourth best time in school history (3:09.57) at the Penn Relays (4/27-29)…won the 100m (11.06) and took 3rd place in the 400h (54.09) at the Kehoe Twilight Meet (5/5)…finished 9th as a member of the 4x100m relay team (41.92) at the Big Ten Championships (5/12-14).

2017 Indoor: Competed at two events…finished 4th as a member of the 4x400m relay (3:19.46) and took 3rd place in the 400m (49.03) at the Wagner Invite (1/6)…was a member of the 2nd place 4x400m relay team (3:22.31) and also took 3rd in the 300m (35.02) which was good for the 2nd all-time fastest finish in the event during the Terrapin Invitational (1/21).

2016 Outdoor: Competed at nine events...ran the 400m hurdles, 400m, and 4x400 relay events...took second in the 400 hurdles (53.15) at the UCF Black & Gold Challenge (3/18-3/19)...was first in the 400h (54.23) and third in 4x400 (3:20.79) at the Maryland Invitational (3/26)...went 54.23 at the Florida Relays (3/31-4/2)...member of first place 4x400 team and was second in 400h at Virginia Quad Meet (4/8)...won the 400 (48.64) at the Lou Onesty Invite (4/9)...finished first in the 400 hurdles (52.76) and second in the 4x400 relay (3:16.10) at the Morgan State Legacy Meet (4/22-23)...ran the 400 hurdles (53.22) and DMR (10:12.58) events at the Penn Relays (4/28-30)...member of first place 4x400 relay squad (3:19.49) and was third in the 400h (53.84) at the Kehoe Twilight Meet (5/6)...ran a season-best 52.76 in the 400 hurdles to take 13th in the prelims at the Big Ten Championships (5/13-15)...also member of 4x400 relay (3:09.91) at B1Gs.

2016 Indoor: Competed at three events…member of third place 4x400 team (3:19.17) and finished eighth in the 500 (1:05.52) at the Penn State Relays (1/9)…500 time at Penn State was eighth fastest ever in program history....winner in both the 4x400 relay (3:20.12) and 300 (35.52) at the Terrapin Invitational (1/30)…member of third place 4x400 relay (3:17.04) at Armory Track Invitational (2/5-2/6)…also went 50.29 in the 400 at Armory.

2015 Outdoor: Competed in five events…placed fourth in the 400m hurdles at the Maryland Invitational with a mark of 57.37…also was a member of the 4x400m relay team that took the title in 3:22.03 at the same competition…took second in the 400mH at the Sam Howell Invitational in a time of 54.14…followed that up with a time of 53.62 in the 400mH at the Morgan State Legacy Meet to place sixth…also a member of the 4x400m relay team that placed seventh at the same event (3:19.01)…notched a second place finish in the 400mH at the Kehoe Twilight Meet (55.12)…finished his season at the Big Ten Championships, taking 15th in the 400mH (53.64) and was a member of the 10th-place 4x400m relay team (3:13.60)

2015 Indoor: Competed in two competitions…notched a seventh-place finish in the 600m (1:25.51) at the Terrapin Invitational and was a member of the 4x400m relay team that finished second (3:22.66) at that event…took 32nd in the 500m at the Armory Track Invitational in a time of 1:07.08 and was a part of the 4x400m relay team that finished 11th (3:20.36).

2014 Outdoor: Season-best in the 400-meter hurdles of 54.09 to place fifth at the Sam Howell Invitational...placed 14th at the ACC Outdoor Championships (54.15)...finished third at the Kehoe Twilight (54.41)...placed third at the Maryland Invitational (55.25)...finished seventh at the UTEP Springtime Meet (56.07).

Personal: Son of Honorine Soro and Tony Joseph... Has an older sister, Bianka... Born in Germantown, Md... Major undeclared as of yet... Has volunteered at area church providing IT services... Has been part of a group creating online video games... Interested in owning his own computer company at some point... Likes chicken alfredo before meets... Would like for track and field to become more popular... Would cast Denzel Washington in a movie about his life... Came to Maryland for great academics, facilities and coaching staff... Chose Maryland over UMBC, Virginia Tech, Clemson and Mount St. Mary's.